escallop

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And in Berry's Encyclop�dia Heraldica: "Sa., a cheveron between three escallop shells argent."

From Notes and Queries, Number 234, April 22, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

The badge of the Lords Dacre was an escallop united to a ragged staff, as in the margin.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

Your mind is made of crumbs,—like an escallop Of oysters,—first a layer of crumbs, and then An oystery taste, and then a layer of crumbs.

From Aria da Capo by Millay, Edna St. Vincent

Neither have shell-fish been overlooked: the escallop in particular, from its religious associations, has always been a special favourite.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

Columbine, Your mind is made of crumbs,—like an escallop Of oysters,—first a layer of crumbs, and then An oystery taste, and then a layer of crumbs.

From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various